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Although it would be nothing like computer programming of today, this was a very forward thinking class that worked with early computers to program machines bigger than rooms at times.
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SACs very own FM radio station, that still runs to this day. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1350266/m1/7/?q=kysm -
Early computers invented and developed during this time were the Kenbak-1, Altair 8800, Apple I, and Apple II while computer related parts and hardware were being invented rapidly.
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Named after our former vice president, and a big proponent of both early computer use and technical classes that pushed SAC into the future. -
Although unlike any computer system for purchase today, these very early model computers allowed the college to run more efficiently and effectively.
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Intel invented the 4004, the worlds first microprocessor which set the stage for all further computer developments as it allowed for computers to become smaller and more compact. -
The microprocessor at first was actually less efficient than the current methods of processing, and took time for it to be properly utilized. When it did though, it spawned the personal computer boom that we benefit from today with computers becoming faster and faster every day now.
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IBM becomes a personal computer manufacturer by releasing the IBM 5150, and although expensive it was the first computer released intended for public and personal use by a large company such as IBM. -
TCP/IP protocols culminate in a series of linked computers forming a rudimentary internet much smaller than what we have today. -
SACs math lab with recorders, video tapes, and a printer opens up to the student body for study and to assist in their class work.
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SAC offers an internet course to help students and professors better understand a computer and what it can do on the internet.
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SACs first purchase of computers for professors offices, all of which fed into SACs CWIS to make life easier for professors with Microsoft Windows capabilities.
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This CWIS became SACs local internet for emailing and class related activities since before we had a globally connected internet we had local internets of 100s or 1000s of machines connected.